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Del Baggio Found Guilty of Fraud

by Kent Wilson

Former Predators owner William 'Boots' Del Biaggio was sentenced to 8 years in prison after being found guilty of de-frauding banks and investors today.

Del Biaggio pleaded guilty to one charge of forging financial documents to obtain $110 million in loans from several banks and two NHL owners -- Craig Leopold of the Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings owner AEG. Del Biaggio used the money to purchase a controlling interest in the Nashville Predators.

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